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cd43f00524070c0267613acc98a153dba0e398d9 tests/avocado: reverse_debugging drain console to prevent hang
Like replay_linux.py, reverse_debugging.py starts the vm with console
set but does not interact with it (e.g., with wait_for_console_pattern).
In this situation, the console should have a drainer attached so the
socket does not fill. replay_linux.py has a drainer, but it is missing
from reverse_debugging.py.
Per analysis in Link: this can cause the console socket/pipe to fill and
QEMU get stuck in qemu_chr_write_buffer, leading to strange test case
failures (ppc64 fails because it prints a lot to console in early bios).
Attaching a drainer prevents this.
Note, this commit does not fix bugs introduced by the commits referenced
in the first two Fixes: tags, but together those commits conspire to
irritate the problem and cause test case failure, which this commit
fixes.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/ZVT-bY9YOr69QTPX@redhat.com/
Fixes: 1d4796cd0083 ("python/machine: use socketpair() for console connections")
Fixes: 761a13b23946 ("tests/avocado: ppc64 reverse debugging tests for pseries and powernv")
Fixes: be52eca30978 ("tests/acceptance: add reverse debugging test")
Tested-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20231116115354.228678-1-npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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